tuxtax

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtuk.staks/, [ˈt̪ʊks̠t̪äks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtuk.staks/, [ˈt̪ukst̪äks]

Interjection

tuxtax

1. an onomatopoeia expressing the sound of blows, whack, crack

References

• “tuxtax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tuxtax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.